Certificate Program Applicants

Certificate requirements and procedures vary by department, program and student status. Please review the Certificate How To Apply Page for instructions.

Biomedical Sciences in Public Health

Students applying to the:

PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

PhD in Molecular Microbiology and Immunology

PhD in Environmental Health Sciences in the Toxicology, Physiology and Molecular Mechanisms track

Should choose the PhD Biomedical Sciences in Public Health as the degree designation in SOPHAS. You can then select the degree(s) to which you are interested in applying. Admission decisions will be made separately by each degree program. In your personal statement, please clearly express why you are interested in applying to your selected program(s).

Postdoctoral Fellowship Applicants

Deadlines

Application deadlines vary by department, degree program and sometimes degree track. Know which one applies to you!

REMEMBER: SOPHAS requires four to six weeks to verify the application. Although we only require that the application be submitted by the deadline, we strongly encourage you to be proactive so that your application is verified by the deadline.

Applying to MPH Combined Degree Programs

MBA/MPH with China Europe International Business School

Applicants must apply to CEIBS and the Bloomberg School separately. The application to the MPH program is processed through SOPHAS and applicants should take care to indicate the appropriate year they will begin the MPH program. The admissions committees of both schools review applications independently.

MPH/MBA with the Carey Business School

Applications for the MPH/MBA are processed through SOPHAS. Applicants are required to submit the GMAT or GRE. All other requirements and deadlines are the same as the full-time MPH program. The admissions committees of both schools review applications independently.

MPH/MSW

Applicants must apply to each school (the Bloomberg School and the University of Maryland School of Social Work) separately and simultaneously. The application to the MPH portion is processed through SOPHAS and applicants should take care to indicate the appropriate year they will begin the MPH program. The standard MPH admissions prerequisite of previous health-professional training of two years of health-related experience is waived. All other prerequisites must be met.

MD/MPH

Medical students must apply to the MPH program through SOPHAS and request a leave of absence from medical school. Medical students typically enroll in the MPH program between their third and fourth years of medical school. Two years of U.S. medical training will fulfill the two years of health experience required for admission to the MPH program. International medical students must have previous health related experience

MSN/MPH

Applications for the MSN/MPH program must be obtained from the School of Nursing, and will be reviewed by the admissions committees of both the School of Nursing and the Bloomberg School.

JD/MPH

JD/MPH applicants apply through SOPHAS and need not have fulfilled the usual MPH requirement of either an advanced degree or two years of health-related work experience. All other MPH admissions requirements must be met.

LL.M./MPH

Applicants must apply and be accepted into the full-time MPH program at the Bloomberg School and also separately apply and be accepted into the LL.M. program at Georgetown University Law Center’s O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law.

DVM/MPH

Veterinary students must apply to the MPH program through SOPHAS after at least two years of veterinary school and request a leave of absence from veterinary school. The years of veterinary training will fulfill the two years of health experience required for admission to the School’s MPH program.

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